This talk was recorded
at the Institute for Critical Animal Studies Oceania 2016 Conference in Canberra.
You can find out more information about this conference here: http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/oceania-conference/
The Q and A featured after
Alex’s talk features both questions for Alex, as well as for Carol Drew. You
can listen to Carol’s talk here: https://archive.org/details/CarolDrew
You can listen to other
talks from this conference here.
You can also listen to a recap of the conference
on episode 152 of
Progressive Podcast Australia.
Below is further information
about the talk from the conference booklet, available here: http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/booklet/
Challenging the Pest Epithet
ALEX VINCE
With recent government initiatives to broaden the scope and allocation of the 'pest
epithet,' there is a growing need to consider and critique the manner by which animals are positioned as outside the sphere of protection. Technology and public involvement have become guiding themes in recent control methodologies, necessitating a broad and critical response from activists and the concerned public alike. This presentation will seek to
outline the ways in which language is implemented to act as authority in the often lethal control of animals designated as 'pests'.
Alex works for Animal Liberation NSW and is a dedicated abolitionist who has worked on issues from factory farming to the slaughter of wildlife.
